yegon 's Tax Situation
9 idA W-n I rvenu,4, bffor iarU"8 take, was a $5 million "cushion
Sf revenue in the
of mm.
l7me, a Jew sessions
Wl-. PUDS, power
. the major u-
if' fL.!. true even yet
'around the lobby
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Wwflded that the
""ff has reached the place
Siting championship oi
U"' t.v limitation
K to the constitution. He
KSeve that he, and the
f!?,A nuite yet to "go
frith any proposition to al
!T .Dcal the amend-
iTh.. next session he
frftiine might be ripe
t Vr boys" Tompkins
frtrtadytohtheamend-
jH now, ui
the teal barrier which
1 .i nmnertr away from
Kar hands of those who
Etateand local budgets.
K. r.r.i, is imbued with a
K caution and would rather
Pw. .. . lafficlaHirP
rt!t UW CUli"v .vp. -
any pickets oft the 6
fence.
Sometimes he wonders, Tomp
kins suggests, whether the 6 per
cent limitation hasn't worked in
reverse to what the original Inten
tion of Its sponsors may have been,
whether the continual fear of
"losing their base" has not kept
tax levying units everywhere
stepping their levies up to the
limit year by year. But the de
mands on property are increasing;
the fiscal needs of a rapidly ex
panding state are straining at the
6 per cent fence surrounding the
budget makers, so that Mr. Tomp
kins has reached the place where
he is almost persuaded that the old
fence needs fixing. Caution delays
conviction for another two years.
And, while Tompkins discusses
the 6 per cent barrier, the excise
tax tangle and its $60 million sur
plus which is the $60 million
Question now bothering the legist
lature he also raises the question
of what is a "cushion," what is a
"back log and what is the differ
ence between the two.
Those who have hung around
the legislature in years gone by
wouldn't expect Senator Dean
Walker and George Master Tomp
kins ever to get within shouting
distance of each other about taxes
and how to handle them. No one
ever would conceive that the latter
ever would be more conservative
about ladeling out tax revenue
than the former. But suoh a thing
can happen, so it seems.
Walker Flan Passed
Back two or three sessions ago
Senator Walker fixed up what has
been called the "Walker plan,"
one of the high points of which
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cushion" tucked
away on the state's budgetary dav
enport to keep the back from ach
ing II hard times hit it. A lot of
folks thought . that was being
migmy cautious anrr loresighted.
out instead of hard times lh
war babies hit us and fed excise
and income taxes into the kitty
until instead of having a $5 million
cusnion- the state treasury has a
$60 million "surplus" which the
legislature now is trying to find
some way to spend.
The big brass of the state Instl.
tutions, colleges, schools and what!
not are all sitting around with
their hands out for their cut into
the $60 million jackpot. And right
there is where Mr. Tompkins
comes in. He thinks It to be the
part of caution and fiscal wisdom
to tuck away, not a $5 million
"cushion" like senator Walker did,
but a $40 million "backlog" just
in case the state gets cold financial
feet between now and the 1951
legislature.
All of which just takes a step
ur so iowara wnere the taxation
experts are milling round and
round what sometime sooner or
later will become the "tax nrn.
gram" submitted to the legislature
ior adoption, or rejection.
Ernst to Speak
On Ibsen Play
Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll House"
will be the subject of the fourth
weekly lecture-forum of the Asso
ciation of Patrons and Friends of
the University of Oregon library
Maturing Dr. Kuflolph H. Ernst.
professor of English at the University.
Scheduled for 7:30 each Thurs
day evening in the library Brows
ing room, the lecture-forums are
based on ten great books of his
tory, government, philosophy; lit
erature, biography and sciences
as they are related to the current
world scene, according to Miss
Bernice Hise, university readers'
consultant and circulation libra
rian. Following Dr. Ernst's lecture,
the Rev. Wesley Nicholson of the
Eugene Congregational church,
will lead a group discussion. The
series of lecture-forums are open
to students of the university and
members of the Friends and
Patrons' Assn. Information about
membership in the association is
available in the University of
Oregon library office.
China Expert Named
'49 Condon Speaker
Condon lecturer for 1949 will be
Oregon-born Dr. Kenneth Scott
Latourette, authority on Oriental
history and missions. Announce
ment was made this week by
Condon Lectureship committee
chairman. Dr. L. S. Cressman
head of the University of Oregon
departmetn of anthropology.
Dr. Latourette will speak on
The China That Has Been" and
"The China That Is To Be" in a
two-lecture series to b given on
the University of Oregon campus
March 1 and 3, in Portland on
March 8 and 10, and at Oregon
State college, March 15 and 17.
The Condon lectureship, named
for the university's lata Dr.
Thomas Condon, is sponsored by
the Oregon State Board of Higher
Education. Purpose of the series is
to acauaint the layman with the
results of scientific research. The
late Dr. John Memam, member
of the university staff at the time
of his death, was instrumental in
the establishment of the lectureship.
Committees Named
For UO 'Weekend'
Initial steps In the planning of
the annual Junior Weekend were
made on the University of Oregon
campus this week when nine stu
dent chairmen were selected to
head committees for the weekend.
General chairman of the week
end events will be Malcolm Mac
Gregor. Eugene, junior class presi
dent. MacGregor will be assisted
by Robert L. Weber, Salem, class
vice president.
Committee chairmen are oara
Waller, Eugene, and Mary Lou
Weston. Corvallis. all-campus
sing: Marjorie Petersen. Portland,
and Larry Davidson, Molalla, all
campus luncheon: Phillip Patter
son, Portland, float parade; Helen
Sherman and K. Don Fair, Port
land, publicity; and William
Lance. Albany, promotion.
Robert Sanders, North Bend,
traditions; Mary Stadelman, The
Dalles, sunlight serenade; Suzanne
Michel, Prineville, and Dorothy
Orr, Sherwood, queen selection;
and Paul Johnston. San Jose, Cal.
Springfield Man 'Good'
After Poisoning
SPRINGFIELD Claude Crabb.
Eat L St., was reported In "good"
condition at Sacred Heart Hospital
Saturday after swallowing an
unidentified substance Friday eve-
"'rfell Pryor, chief of police, said
Crabb's wife, discovering her hus
band bad taken semething, noti
fied police headquarters. The
stricken man was hurried to the
hospital by pou- Treatment was
administered before the unknown
ingredient could take full effect.
Sub-conscious Element Rises
SPRINGFIELD A new type
steam boiler, capable of develop
ing 80.000 pounds of pressure per
hour, will be fully installed at the
Mountain States Power Company's
local steam plant by Feb. 25, W.
K. Barnell, company manager, an
nounced Saturday.
Installation work under general
supervision of G. McClellan. chief
engineer, is now in its final stages.
Company officials estimate con
struction costs. Including labor
new equipment, will exceed $145,-000.
The new boiler will furnish
power to two turbo-generating
units: a 2000 kilowatt unit and a
500 kilowatt unit, previously In
stalled. This will bring the plant
up to its capacity output of 7000
kilowatts.
Company officials said when the
boiler is operating under a full
head of steam fuel consumption
will amount to 13 units of hogged
fuel per hour. The fuel will be
dumped Into a hopper and fed to I
a dutch-oven type furnace by i
means of a mechanical conveyor
which can be regulated to produce !
the amount of steam required for
any given period.
The new boiler ran produce a
head of steam capable of operating
the turbo-generators within 15 to
30 minutes. Only for cleaning and
repair purposes will the boiler be
allowed to become cold. Starting
cold, the boiler- would require two
hours before it could operate pro
perly the turbo-geqerators.
Barnell said the increased 5000
kilowatts vould be of considerable
benefit to the Springfield area,
especially during a period when
hydro-electric generation is pro
ducing at a minimum.
Designer Sees New
American Theater
, By Anita Holmes
American theater is moving to-"show business" seems to be van-
.Kfglstpr-f.iiard. Eugene. On., Sun.. Feb. H, 1MB, Vfr t
i
Green Pastures" were told In the erlcan emphasis on films to Rus-
ward the sub-conscious element,
believes Robert Edmond Jones,
one of the world's foremost theat
rical figures. Picasso, James Joyce,
Dal!, and others have explored the
sub-conscious mind in several art
forms, starting a trend the theater
will follow, Jones said in an inter
view Friday afternoon.
He spent the weekend In Eugene
at the Northwest Drama confer
ence, which was sponsored by the
speech department of the Univer
sity of Oregon.
Speaking before art students
Friday afternoon, the theatrical
designer mentioned "a new kind of
American theater that isn't a
carry-over from the
stage." He said our version
ishing.
New Drama Seen
Last week Jones saw a begin
ning of this new drama. in Fargo,
S.D. The play was "Around the
Dawn" by a young Fargo play
wright. It showed words of the
leading man's sub-conscious mind
around light rays and other un
usual stage effects, the conference
guest remembered
"The sub-conscious mind is the
fundamental discovery of our
time," according to Jones who has
been in the theater more than 30
years. He is the best known as the
designer of sets for such plays as
"The Iceman Cometh," "Hamlet."
"Richard III." "The Lute Song,"
European nd "Green-Pastures.'
of I Several secrets of his set for
Interview. He used a treadmill.
originally made for the "boop-boop-a-drop
girls." The burning
bush of the play was a Christmas
tree with a few electric light bulbs
on it, Jones pointed out.
He enjoys designing for "plays
for which you can use simple set-'
tings. "Green Pastures" was one
of his favorites, because it could
be done "in such a naive way."
"Beginning stage designers
should forget New York try the
theater somewhere else In the
country," Jones advised. He said
the market is shrinking for de-.
signers on Broadway, with 20 or;
30 times as many designers as'
stages right now.
Rose Is Touch
A show for Billy Rose Is one of
the toughest assignments for New
York designers, he said. Working
for him "takes the skin right off
your bones."
Jones supervised several color
movies when they began. He feels
that movies are popular because
"wr Americans like gadgets
that's why we take to movies and
television." He compared the Am.
sian emphasis on the theater.
"The Theater of the Future" Was
the topic Jones discussed at the
drama conference Saturday afternoon.
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SPRINGFIELD Volunteer fire
men of this city have purchased
equipment valued at more than
$2000 during the past three years
without city financial aid. Har
ry Melson, Fire Chief, said all
items had been paid for with vol
unteer funds.
The most costly purchase a
resuscitator cost $715. Melson
said the expensive machine had
proven extremely valuable to the
department, "in the past in
months," he added, "we have
saved six lives while making 16
calls."
Following is a list of items pur
chased with price of each:
Refrigerator $205
Radio - $ 89
Table and Chairs $125
Davenport and Chair $125
Four Steel Chairs $ 20
Kitchen Cabinet $124.85
Short Wave Radio $142.35
Coca Cola Machine $200.97
Florescent Light $ 12.50
Electric Heater $ Z
Dishes and Utensils $ 50
Electric Fan $ 9
Hot Water Tank and
Heater $165
Linoleum $ 35
Steel Shower Cabinet $ 65
Plumbing $ 63.45
Resuscitator $'15
Paint $ 15
Springfield C of C
Sends Questionnaires
SPRINGFIELD Chamber of
Commerce nuestlonnaries were
mailed this week to nearly
Chambers in Tennessee, Missis
sippi. Georcia and Alabama to
secure information on TVA and
its impact on states coming under
its jurisdiction.
Lew Garbutt, chamber manager,
said the questionnarie idea had
been Inspired as a result of a two
day meeting for Oregon-Washing
ton Chamber executives that ne
attended in Portland Feb. 7
At this session, he said, managers
agreed to look into the question
of TVA.
Garbutt said the Springfield
chamber was interested in accur
ate information on TVA because
the tremendous project closely
Darallelcd proposed features of
the much-discussed CVA project
now under governmental consld
eration for the Northwest.
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